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Old 22nd October 2003, 08:27 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by I, Brian
With its stocky build and willing temperament, it has found a niche in the leisure industry and is in demand as a riding horse when crossed with the thoroughbred.
It looks like they want to preserve the DNA (for crossbreeding) but not the actual breed itself. Although, as they say this is for, if some catastrophe occurs and they all die out, they will be gone as a distinct breed with or without the semen.
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